Gaps are an inevitable outcome of the organisation of patient care around age bands,
specialities and diseases. One such gap, that between child and adolescent health
services and adult medical care, is particularly problematic for those whose medical
problems begin in childhood and continue into adult life [
1
]. These ‘transition’ issues are beginning to be addressed in classic chronic illnesses,
such as asthma [
2
] and diabetes [
3
]. They have additionally been given particular emphasis by the survival into adult
life of cohorts with conditions once considered confined to childhood, such as cystic
fibrosis, congenital heart disease [
4
] and metabolic conditions. The appropriate management of transition is now recognised
as part of high quality care of adolescents with chronic conditions [
4
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
August 5,
2003
Received in revised form:
August 1,
2003
Received:
July 3,
2003
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